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Carl Crawford is in his third spring training with the Dodgers, but he still can't stop thinking about his previous team. "I know I'm going to get defined by what happened to me in the couple of years I was in Boston," he said. The prize of his free-agent class, Crawford signed a seven-year, $142-million contract with the Red Sox leading up to the 2011 season. He was with them for two unhealthy and unproductive seasons in which their fans turned on him, his misery ending only because he was traded to the Dodgers as part of a four-player package that included Adrian Gonzalez. "That really irritates me a lot, the thinking that I was a guy that got paid his...

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Carl Crawford is in his third spring training with the Dodgers, but he still can't stop thinking about his previous team.
"I know I'm going to get defined by what happened to me in the couple of years I was in Boston," he said.
The prize of...

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Bochy rejoined the World Series champions Sunday, three days after having a heart procedure.
"I...

A.J. Ellis laughed when asked about the Dodgers trading for another catcher in the off-season.
"Somebody told me that if you get a question you don't feel comfortable with," he said, "ask a question back."
So he did.
"How do...

Clayton Kershaw walked into to the Dodgers' spring-training complex Thursday, knowing this was only the start.
There will be more than six weeks of camp, which will be followed by a 162-game season played over six months. Then, maybe, just maybe, he will...

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Any way you cut it, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are among the richest teams in professional sports. Last year Forbes ranked them 10th in franchise value among Major League Baseball teams, at $775 million, with revenue of about $253 million.
The...

If the Dodgers win the World Series this year, Yasmani Grandal might come to be regarded as a hero in Los Angeles. For now, he is the catcher who was acquired in exchange for one of the team's most popular players.
Grandal doesn't seem to mind.
"No...

As spring training approaches, Sergio Santos imagines the possibilities.
He thinks of how he could pitch for the Dodgers, about 30 miles from his alma mater, Mater Dei High in Santa Ana. Or how Vin Scully might tell a story or two about him as he comes...

Former UCLA shortstop Brandon Crawford and the San Francisco Giants avoided arbitration Tuesday after agreeing to a one-year contract worth more than $3.1 million.
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The American League champion Kansas City Royals and Ned Yost have agreed on a one-year contract extension that will keep the manager with the franchise through the 2016 season.
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The last general manager to win a World Series in Southern California was Bill Stoneman, the architect of the 2002 Angels.
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It appears Jake Peavy is becoming a mainstay in San Francisco.
Peavy has agreed to a two-year, $24-million contract with the San Francisco Giants, the Associated Press reported Friday. As part of the deal, Peavy will receive a $4 million signing bonus....

Jimmy Rollins might be a newcomer to the Dodgers, but he envisions himself becoming a leader on the team.
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The highs
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